Explorer

/ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "explorer" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

adventurer alpinist ancestor announcer antecedent apollo astronautavant gardeavant-garde bellwether buccinator bushwhacker camper climbercomers and goerscommuter

Noun(8 words)

adventurer adventurers adventuress adventuresses amundsen argonaut balboa columbus

Strong matches (35)

Noun(13 words)

coronado dabblersdirectory viewerdiscoverer discoverersfile browserfile managerfile navigatorfrobisher frontiersmen globetrotter hunter investigator

cosmopolite cruiser excursionist fare forebear forebears foregoer forerunnerfront runnerfrontiersman fugleman geminiglobe trotterglobe-girdler globe-trotter goer groundbreaker guide hajji harbinger

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herald innovator

Related words (58)

jet setjet-setter journeyerlead runnerleader mariner messenger mountaineer palmer passenger passerby pathfinder pilgrim pioneer point precedent precursor predecessor probe rubberneck

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rubbernecker sailor satellite scout sightseerspace probespacecraftstormy petrelstraphanger tourer tourist trailblazer trailbreaker transient traveler trekker tripper vanguard vaunt-courier viatorvisiting firemanvoortrekker voyager voyageur wayfarer world-traveler

Noun(12 words)

pathfinder pioneer prospector prospectors researcher searcher traveler venturer verrazzano voyager voyagers weddell

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More general

8 entries

academic actor doer human person scientistsoftware applicationworker

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7 entries

arctic explorerconceptual explorerethnographic explorerfield explorerfile explorermarine explorerspace explorer

Collocations

6 entries

arctic explorercultural explorerethnographic explorerfield explorermarine explorerspace explorer

Inflections

1 entries

explorers

Derivations

3 entries

exploration exploratory explore

Sample sentences

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The second man was a Spanish explorer.

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The explorer bartered with the natives for food.

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The explorer pushed his way through the trackless mountain region.

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Christopher Columbus wasn't an explorer because he loved the sea. He was an explorer because he hated Spanish jails.

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